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Again, I am so impressed with the depth and relevance of your stuff, Joe.
Although, it does raise the persistent issue of the Trinity, especially the relationship between "God" and Yeshua.

Of course, if one is an orthodox Christain who subscribes to the Creeds, it would be logical to combine the two. Although the three Persons of the Trinune Godhead have discreet functionality in the Scripture, they flow, think, and exist as One divine entity.

So - yes and no: combine them if you stress the unity, and keep them separate if you recognize their plurality of action. But the mystery remains.

Sheesh, Nikos, are you really as humorless as that? If I knew no other Christians than you, I'd be convinced that Christianity is a dreary and serious proposition. Thank God (and I mean that literally) for the many Christians I know who actually can take a joke. You, apparently, cannot.

(And yes, yes, I'm sure that my very questioning of you is perfect evidence of my perfidy and certain condemnation in the afterlife. Please feel free to drone on for numerous column-inches about my sinfulness.)

My question: If Obama is the Messiah, to use the term that Republicans have used to taunt him, shouldn't the votes for Jesus and Obama be combined?

It's mildly interesting to see the list, from a civic point of view. At least some folks appear to have entered serious alternative names for President. From a civics point of view, the non-physical entries (Jesus, God, Mickey Mouse...) show a profound lack of respect for the process of voting.

From a religious point of view, the votes for Jesus or God are mildly interesting, in that one must ask the exact mechanism by which they might take office and perform the required duties. Which of course is a futile mental exercise.

There is but one God and his name is Allah -

I think you are the one who has a humor prob, Andy. I was continuing the spoof by my "seriousness" - which, in your rush to bash, you failed to catch. And yes, I never miss a chance to interject a little theology. But the apporach was an attempt to show the idiocy of the piece. Lighten up, please.

WELL! - I never picked up on the fact that Holden was a Muslim. Or perhaps he heard the words "Barak" and "Husein" so many times these last few months he decided it was time to convert.

Looks like nobody wrote in a vote for poor, lonely Allah. I guess he'll have to remain content with running the universe. Which raises an interesting question for the evangelicals who are always saying that God is "in control of everything." What about the election? Would God be in control of that? How? He would have to influence the minds of millions to vote the way he wanted, and then what about free will? I raised this issue with a group of Christians before the election, who had just prayed that "God's will be done" in the voting, and they said basically that God is in control anyway and changed the subject.

Well done, Kuranes. This is a very throny subject, and always bound to leave a few bloody scratches on all who dare to venture into this theological briar patch.

I was always greatly disturbed when anyone prayed "Thy will be done" in this election - stating the obvious in my ipinion. It was fine before the event; but filled with all the nasty little issues you raised after the fact. I always prayed very honestly, "Lord have mercy on this darkened nation and thwart the efforts of the baby killers, sodomites and atheistic Marxists that come with Obama." Oh well.

The key is that there are always overarching behind-the-scenes reasons why the King of the Universe (the triune God of the bible) allows hisotircal events to transpire. Having such a prayer as mine go unasnwered as such, is an occasion for deeper reflection on why God over-ruled ( of better, ruled over). I do not believe that the Democrat victory was a sure sign of either God's approbation or favor. It is what we deserved by our national apostasy from God's Word/Will - in short: judgment! The Republicans had become mere weak-kneed Democrats without passion or vision. Any vision will do in a vacuum thereof. Enter the charismatic hope-inducing Obama wiht his wild-eyed claque and you have the sure formula for victory. As with Hitler, the winner of elections is by no means a sign of divine imprimatur. So, make your choice and pray hard for them. Do not pray "Thy will be done" (too non-commital and evasive). If your choice looses, start a thorough analysis of the situation and pray every day for the new Prez that he will NOT do what he said hw was going to do. If he does, pray for the Second Coming - or move to _____ Wow, I don't really have a good suggestion.

Nikos essesentially is now saying that his God's will WASN'T done?
and- his God's NOT omnipotent, omniscent and omnipresent?
uh oh...

Guess his God needed its followers to pray harder and give God's ppoor weakened Self a hand.

OTOH, what if God's will WAS done by electing Obama? that Obama, rather than ill-tempered, flip floppin' , possibly senile McCain and psycho ( but witch-free) Palin was the appropriate leader for the US?
Then Nikos' is denying that God's judgment is better than his.
uh oh again!